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Manual of Zhc 



©nonbaga Ibistorical Hssociation. 



1895. 




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MANUAL 



ONONDAGA HISTORICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 



PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION 



OF THE 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Ca^iU. ^^ ^.J)-Sc^CA,S,.^i 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
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PRESS OP E. M. GROVER, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



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CONTENTS, 



Page. 

Officers for 1895, - - : - - 4 

Objects of the Association, - - - - 5 

Historical Sketch, . . - . . j 

The Historical Club, ^ - - - 14 

The Charter of the Association, - - - 17 

Past Officers and Directors, - - - -19 

By-Laws of the Association, - - - - 25 

Membership List, - - - - - 32 



Officer^ for 1895, 



President, 

First Vice-President, 

Second Vice-President, - 

Recording Secretary, 

Corresponding Secretary, 

Treasurer, 



Dr. Henry D. Didama. 

Hon. Carroll E. Smith. 

- Mrs. Mary E. Bagg. 

Mr. Louis Dow Scisco. 

Mr. William Kirkpatrick. 

Mr. Edward A. Powell. 



iBoard of ©irector^. 



Mrs. Mary E. Bagg, 

Dr. Henry D. Didama, 

Mr. George J. Gardner, 

Miss Virginia L. Jones, 

Mrs. Frances W. Marlette, 
Mrs. Mary E. Wieting, 
Miss Mary J. Jackson, 

Maj. Theodore L. Poole, 

Mr. Edward A. Powell, 

Mr. Louis Dow Scisco, 

Hon. Carroll E. Smith, 

Mr. William A. Sweet, 
Rev. William M. Beauchamp, 
Col. J. Dean Hawley, 

Mrs. Martha T. Held, 
Mr. Salem Hyde, 

Mr. William Kirkpatrick, 

Col. Osgood V. Tracy. 



Object^ oj* tl]e /^^^ociation. 



The general object of the Onondaga Historical Association 
is that of preserving records relating to the history of Onon- 
daga County. Its chosen field of work may be more ex- 
plicitly outlined as follows : 

To arouse and increase general interest in historical work 
by holding occasional meetings devoted to suitable topics 
and by keeping open a place for the exhibition of articles of 
historic value. 

To assist the student in local history by preserving and 
making accessible such documentary matter as may be con- 
fided to its care. 

To mark in a suitable manner historic spots within the 
County of Onondaga, that local pride may be aroused in re- 
gard to events of the past. 

To collect and preserve implements or articles illustrative 
of the customs of the Onondaga Nation and of the Iroquois 
League. 

To preserve relics which illustrate the daily life of the past 
or which are associated with historic incidents. 

To ascertain the condition of public records throughout 
the county, and if necessary move for their proper preserva- 
tion. 



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To preserve from destruction all manuscripts, maps, news- 
papers, books or papers of any sort which have reference to 
the condition or history of the county or any of its parts. 

To publish from time to time such matter as may be 
thought desirable to embody in permanent form for better 
preservation. 

To receive and exhibit specimens which illustrate the 
natural history or geology of Onondaga County. 



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The Onondaga Historical Association is one of the many 
literary societies which existed in all cities of the East about 
thirty years ago, and it has the distinction of being one of 
the very few of these older organizations that have survived 
their vicissitudes and have been able to continue the work 
which was originally planned for them. It was organized in 
1862. To James Noxon, a prominent attorney of the time, 
is due, probably, the credit of its inception. It was in his 
office that the first meeting was held to discuss the proposed 
society and there it was decided to undertake the project. 

The date of this meeting was January 16, 1S62. Those 
present, named, as a former secretary has said, in the order in 
which they came to the meeting place, were Homer DX. 
Sweet, William Baumgras, Samuel N. Holmes, Charles R. 
Wright, Lyman W. Conkey and James Noxon. James 
Noxon took the chair and L. W. Conkey kept the minutes. 
The subject of the meeting was introduced and was discussed 
from all sides. It was the unanimous opinion that there was 
a field for a historical society that would enable it to win 
approval from the public. A committee was appointed to 
draft by-laws and to nominate directors, and then the little 
group of founders adjourned to a later date. 

Six days later, on Januar}- 22, 1862, a second meeting was 
held. Public notice had been given and a greater number 



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were present than before. Samuel N. Holmes was made 
chairman of the occasion and Thomas G. Putnam was chosen 
secretary. The object of the meeting was again stated and 
discussed with thoroughness. The plan met with approval 
and encouragement. The committee that had previously 
been appointed made a report of by-laws which was accepted 
and the work of organization was completed by the choice of 
the first Board of Directors. The by-laws provided for a 
Bodrd of eighteen members with annual election of the full 
Board. Under this plan the following were chosen for the 
first Board of Directors: 

Joshua V. H. Clark, Charles O. Roundy, 

Truman K. Wright, Homer D'L- Sweet, 

Jonathan Kneeland, William Baumgras, 

James Noxon, Crayton B. Wheeler, 

John L. Stevens, John A. Green, Jr., 

Nathaniel B. Smith, Henry D. Didama, 

James S. Leach, William Tefift, Jr., 

Edmund B. Grisw^old, Robert Townsend, 

Lvman W. Conkey, Samuel N. Holmes, 

A few days afterward, on February i, 1862, the Board of 
Directors organized by the election of its officers, those 
chosen being. President, J. V. H. Clark; Vice-President, N. 
B. Smith ; Treasurer, J. S. Leach ; Recording Secretary, 
Charles R. Wright and Corresponding Secretary, James Noxon. 
The Association was now fairly started. During the first 
year it received verv few new members, but some donations 
of relics were made to it and its members were hopeful of the 
future. The annual election of 1863 made some changes in 
the Board of Directors, but the officers of the Association 



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were continued by re-election for another year. The plan of 
securing a charter from the State Legislature was now pro- 
posed and was adopted by a resolution of the Board. The 
matter was placed in the hands of Onondaga's representatives 
at the State Capitol, and a special act granting a charter was 
passed April 29, 1863. Under its provisions the Association 
has existed to the present. The charter gave to the Associa- 
tion the power to hold and transfer property and to otherwise 
exercise powers usually granted to corporate bodies of the 
sort. It also granted a special privilege of exemption from 
tax. As a corporation the Association flourished. Rooms 
were secured in 1863 in the old Corinthitin Hall block on 
North Salina street, and its collections were exhibited to the 
public under the care of a custodian. 

President J. V. H. Clark, the historian of the county, was 
continued in office from year to year by re-election until 1867 
while the Board of Directors, though changed from year to 
year, continued to include many of the leading professional 
and business men of the growing city. In 1865 the Associa- 
tion changed its by-laws by a new system of electing direct- 
ors. To guard against the chances of too rapid change in the 
membership of the Board the terms of the directors were ex- 
tended to three years each, six to be elected annually. These 
by-laws were put into printed form and were the governing 
rules of the Association until 1894. The presidency of J. V. 
H. Clark closed with 1866. "The weight of years and de- 
clining health admonish me so far as practicable to relinquish 
all unnecessary cares," he wrote in his letter declining a re- 
election and his wishes were heeded. 



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James Noxon, who had been prominent as an organizer 
and worker in the Association, was chosen as Clark's succes- 
sor and occupied the office four years. In the first year of 
his term of office the headquarters of the Association were 
removed from the Corinthian Hall Block to the Clinton 
Block on the public square and new exhibition rooms were 
fitted up there. Frequent meetings were held at this time, 
with social and literary features, and public lectures under 
its auspices took place. A great number of citizens became 
members and took an interest in its work. 

Dr. Amos Westcott succeeded Noxon in the presidency in 
1 87 1. About this time the quarters of the Association in 
the Clinton Block were given up and the collections were re- 
moved to the Wieting Block. From the time of its first or- 
ganization the management of the society had met with little 
change at the annual elections. The same officers practi- 
cally had directed its activities year after year, and when the 
stress of fortune turned against it an unexpected weakness 
developed. Efforts to restore its prestige were not lacking, 
however. The rooms in the Wieting Block, whose owner 
was an interested member of the Association, were kept open 
for three or four years and then the collections were retired 
from the public eye by being stored away in the Onondaga 
County Savings Bank Building. Dr. Westcott was succeeded 
as president by William Kirkpatrick in 1873, and he in turn 
by Dr. John M. Wieting in 1875. 

The giving up of its rooms marked the disappearance of 
the Association into temporary obscurity. Membership fell 
off" and funds were scarce. For nearly a score of years after 
this the existence of the Association was merelv nominal. 



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Hon. Elias W. Leavenworth was elected president in 1876 
and re-elected in 1877. From this date nntil 1882 there 
seems not to have even been annual meetings, although calls 
were regularly issued at the proper times. The secretary of 
the Association, Homer D'L. Sweet, labored faithfully but 
vainly during this time for its revival into active life. He 
believed that the chartered privileges of the Association were 
important and would be of great value when that revival 
came for which he never ceased to look. It was owing- to 
his efforts that the nominal organization of the Association 
was continued by an annual meeting held in 1882 and by 
subsequent meetings at recurring Januaries, composed on 
each occasion of a mere handful of the old life-members. 
Happily for the chartered rights of the Association its old 
by-laws expressly provided that in case of failure of its reg- 
ular elections all officers should hold over. By this clause 
its existence was made certain so long as there remained 
enough life members to meet together. 

By the burning of the Wieting Block on July 19, 1881, all 
the minutes and books of the Association were destroyed and 
much of the history of its early years was thus lost. E. W. 
Leavenworth was at this time holding the office of president 
to which he had been elected in 1876. At the election of 
1882 his place was filled by the choice of William A. Sweet, 
and a year later Dr. John M. Wieting was a second time made 
president. The death of the latter in 1888 left a vacant office 
which w'as filled in 1889 by the election of Alaj. Alexander 
H. Davis. 

The year 1892 marks the revival of the old Association. 
A Historical Club had been formed in that year bv a number 



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of interested persons for purposes of historical work and the 
project of a union with the old Association was broached. 
Favorable consideration of the plan ended by a formal appli- 
cation for the admission to the older organization of the 
new club in a body. A special meeting of the Board of 
Directors was held, and on October 25, 1892, forty names 
were presented and were formally accepted for membership 
in the Association. 

At the election of 1893 the presidency was filled by the 
choice of William Kirkpatrick. Little active work was done 
during the year but a large increase of membership was 
gained. The veteran secretary of the Association, Homer 
D'L. Sweet, died on November i6th of this year after twenty- 
eight years service in the official position which he held at 
his death. Before the close of this year the Association 
began to plan for a proper celebration of the centennial year 
of Onondaga County. 

The year 1894 has been an active one in the Association. 
iVt the beginning of the year President Kirkpatrick was re- 
elected to its leadership. The earlier portion of the year was 
occupied by preparations for the centennial celebration which 
culminated in June in a splendid pageant and entertainment 
with many special features that by their success stimulated 
to a great degree the public interest in matters of local his- 
tory. In the management of its own affairs the Association 
made some slight changes by adopting on April 24th a re- 
vision of the by-laws which common consent declared was 
necessary. 

Up to this time the revived Association had been working 
without a home of its own. The collections which had sev- 



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eral years before been removed from the Onondaga County 
Bank Bnilding to new storage quarters in the loft of the 
Syracuse Savings Bank Building, were yet inaccessible and 
consequently valueless to the public. Steps were taken by 
the Board of Directors immediately after the June celebra- 
tion to secure open headquarters for the Association. Rooms 
were engaged in the same building where the collections had 
so long been stored, and after being thoroughlv refitted the 
property was arranged for exhibition. On October 2, 1894, 
the new rooms were thrown open to the members. 



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T}]e Kji^toricG^l ©lub. 



The Historical Club, whose organization had so much to 
do with the revival of the Onondaga Historical Association, 
took its beginning from a social gathering helfl. at the resi- 
dence of Mrs. Eliza Lawrence Jones, whose friends had met 
to tender their congratulations at the occurrence of her 
eightieth birthday. The occasion was fruitful in the bring- 
ing up of incidents of the past, and when the company had 
become thoroughly aroused in its interest the proposition was 
informally submitted as to whether or not it would be ad- 
visable to organize a club having for its object the carrying 
on of historical work in the local field. Hon. Charles E. 
Fitch, president of the Rochester Historical Club, was present 
with the meeting. In a few brief remarks he outlined the 
methods which had made successful the organization at 
whose head he stood and warmly approved the suggestion for 
a club in Syracuse. Other speakers took up the subject and 
the voice of approval was so strong that finally on a vote of 
those present the organization was decided upon unanimously. 
The meeting then formally organized by the selection of 
Mrs. Mary E. Bagg as chairman. It was decided that the 
name of the new organization should be "The Onondaga 
Historical Club." A committee of five was appointed to 
nominate officers, the members of the committee being Miss 
Mary J. Jackson, chairman, John McCarthy, Mrs. Eliza F. 



ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. I5 

Nortlirup, Miss Virginia Jones and Thomas D. Green. The 
report of the committee presented the following list of officers 
which was ratified by a vote of those present : President, 
Dr. H. D. Didama; Vice-President, Mrs. Mary E. Bagg; Sec- 
retary, Mrs. Frances W. Marietta; Treasurer, Mrs. Julia N. 
Green. All those present were enrolled as members of the 
new club and the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the 
president. 

The next meeting was held October 20, 1892. The exist- 
ence of the Onondaga Historical Association was known to 
the members of the new club, and inquiry had revealed the 
fact that union of the old and new historical societies was not 
only practicable but very desirable. The officers of the older 
body looked with favor upon the plan and the suggestion of 
union resulted in an invitation being issued to the officers of 
the Association to meet with the newly formed club for the 
purpose of discussing a plan of union. The meeting was 
held at the home of J. L. Bagg. Dr. H. D. Didama, presi- 
dent of the club, called the meeting to order and gave a short 
sketch of the history of the old Association. Secretary H. 
D'L. Sweet of the Association read a description of the collec- 
tions of the older body and others present talked on the ad- 
vantages of union. Hon. A. J. Northrup closed the discus- 
sion by the presentation of the following resolution which 
was adopted : " That the Onondaga Historical Club unite 
with the Onondaga Historical Association, and that the 
union be accomplished by the individual members of the 
club presenting their names for membership to the Board of 
Directors of the Association to be acted upon by that body at 
its next meeting-." The meeting: closed after a social hour. 



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The brief histor}^ of the Historical Chib closed on October 
25, 1892, when the Board of Directors of the Association 
voted favorably npon the names of the members of the club 
which were presented to it in conformity to the club's re- 
cently adopted resolution. 



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"T^l^e ©l]Qrter. 



As Published by the State in Chapter 300 of the 
Session Laws of 1863. 

AN ACT to incorporate the Onondaga Historical Association. 

Passed April 29, 1863. 

The People of the State of Neic York^ represented in Senate 
and Assembly^ do enact as foUoivs : 

Section i. Joshua V. H. Clark, Tnnnan R. Wright, 
George Geddes, Jonathan Kneeland, James M. Clark, Jacob 
V. Loomis, James S. Leach, Homer D'L. Sweet, James 
Noxon, William Baumgrass, Samuel N. Holmes, Nathaniel 
B. Smith, Robert Townsend, John A. Green, Jr., Robert F. 
Trowbridge, William W. Willard, John N. Baker, and Amos 
Westcott and their associates, who now are and such other 
persons as shall hereafter become members of the said associa- 
tion, are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the 
name of "The Onondaga Historical Association." 

§ 2. The said corporation is created for the purpose of 
collecting and preserving historical, genealogical, scientific 
and literary material, and mementoes, books, maps, charts, 
pamphlets, magazines, papers, relics and facts in any form 
having a connection with either of said subjects. 

i^ 3. The persons named in the first section of tliis act 



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shall be the first directors of said association, and six of the 
said directors shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum of the 
Board. 

§ 4. The said corporation may hire suitable rooms or 
buildings for their purposes, and make or enter into leases 
therefor, or may purchase, take and hold real estate for the 
purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in value the sum of fifty 
thousand dollars, and may in addition, take and hold by gift, 
grant or devise, subject to the limitations prescribed by law, 
real and personal property, not to exceed in value the sum of 
one hundred thousand dollars. 

§ 5. The buildings of the said corporation, in which its 
collections shall be kept and its affairs carried on, shall be 
located in the city of Syracuse, in the County of Onondaga, 
and the property of said corporation in its actual occupation 
shall be exempt from taxation. 

§ 6. The said corporation shall possess the general powers 
of a corporation under the Revised Statutes. 

§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately. 



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"Pov^t Officer^ o^nel tS)irector^ 



OF THH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



PRESIDENTS. 

Joshua V. H. Clark, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '66. 
James Noxoii, 1867, '68, '69, '70. 
Amos Westcott, 1871, '72. 
William Kirkpatrick, 1873, '74. 
John M. Wieting, 1875. 
Elias W. Leavenworth, 1876, '77-'8i. 
William A. Sweet, 1882. 

John M. Wieting, i883-'84, '85-'88, (died in office.) 
Alexander H. Davis, i889-'92. 
William Kirkpatrick, 1893, '94. 
Henry D. Didama, 1895. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Nathaniel B. Smith, 1862, '63. 

Amos Westcott, 1864, '65, '68, '69, '70. 

Andrew D. White, 1864. 

William W. Willard, 1865. 

William Kirkpatrick, 1866, '67, 68, '70, '72, '76, '82, '83- 

'84, '85-'88, '89-92. 
James Noxon, 1866. 
Lewis H. Redfield, 1867. 
John B. Burnet, 1869. 



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Richard F. Stevens, 1871, '73^ '74- 

John M. Wieting, 1871, '72, '77-81. 

William A. Sweet, 1873, '74, '75, '76. 

William Baumgras, 1875, '77-81, '82, '83-'84, '85, (died 

in office.) 
Patrick H. Agan, i889-''92. 
Henry D, Didama, 1893, '94. 
Mary E. Bagg, 1893, '94, '95- 
Carroll E. Smith, 1895. 

TREASURERS'. 

James S. Leach, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, 
'71, '72, ^73, '74, '75, '76, '77-81, '82, '83-'84, '85-'88. 
George J. Gardner, i889-'92, '93. 
Edward A. Powell, 1894, '95. 

RECORDING SECRETARIES. 

Charles R. Wright, 1862, '63. 
Samnel N. Holmes, 1864. 
Robert F. Trowbridge, 1865. 

Homer D'L. Sweet, 1866, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, 'y^, 
'74, '75, '76, '77-'8i, '82, '83-'84, '85-88, '89-'92, '93. 
Louis Dow Scisco, 1894, '95. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

James Noxon, 1862, '63. 
D. Willard Fiske, 1864. 
Finley M. King, 1865. 
Andrew D. White, 1866. 
Thomas T. Davis, 1867. 
Samuel J. May, 1868 (resigned). 



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Lewis H. Redfield, 1868 (vice May). 

Charles E. Fitch, 1869, '70. 

Ezra L. Walrath, 1871. 

Richard F. Stevens, 1872. 

John M. Wieting, 1873, '74. 

H. Wadsworth Clarke, 1875, '76, '77-81, '82, '83-'84, '85- 
'88, VS9-'92. 

Frances W. Marlette, 1893, '94. 

William Kirkpatrick, 1895. 

• DIRECTORS. 

William Banmgras, 1862, '63, '64, '65-66, 71-72, '73-'75, 
'76-81, '82-'83, 84-'85. 

Joshua V. H. Clark, 1862, '63, '64, '65--'67. 

Lyman W. Conkey, 1862, ''G'j-'jo. 

Henry D. Didama, 1862, '93-'95. 

John A. Green, Jr., 1862, '63, '64, '65-66. 

Edmund B. Griswold, 1862. 

Samuel N. Holmes, 1862, '63, '64, '65-'66. 

Jonathan Kneeland, 1862, '63. 

James S. Leach, 1862, '63, '64, '65-67, '68-^70, '71-72, '73- 

'75, '76-'8i, '82, '83-'85, '86-'89. 
James Noxon, 1862, '63, '64, '65-67, '68-70. '71-74, '75- 

'76, '77-'8i. 
Charles O. Roundy, 1862. 

Nathaniel B. Smith, 1862, '63, '64, '65-66, '71-72. 
John L. Stevens, 1862. 
Homer D'L. Sweet, 1862, '63, '64, '65-'67, '68-^70, '71-74, 

'75-76, '77- 81, '82, '83-'85, '86-'88, '89-^91, '92-'93. 
William Tefft, Jr., 1862. 
Robert Townsend, 1862, '63, '64. 



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Cray ton B. Wheeler, 1862. 

Truman K. Wright, 1862, '63. 

John M. Baker, 1863, '64, '65, '66-'68. 

James M. Clark, 1863, '64. 

George Geddes, 1863, '64. 

Jacob O. Loomis, 1863. 

Robert F. Trowbridge, 1863, '64, '65, '66-^68. 

Amos Westcott, 1863, '64, '65-'67, '68-'70, 'yi-'yS- 

William W. W^illard, 1863, '64, '65, '66-'68, '69-'7i, '72-74, 

'75-'76. 
William Kirkpatrick, 1864, '65-'66, '67-'70, '71-74, '75- 
'76, '77-81, '82, '83-^85, \S6-'88, '89-'9i, '92-94, 

'95-'97- 
Thomas E. Townsend, 1864. 
Andrew D. White, 1864, '65, '66-^68, '69-'7i, ■'72-'74, 

'75-81. 
Joseph M. Clarke, i865-'66, '67-'70. 
Finley M. King, 1865-67. 
Robert McCarthy, 1865, '66-'68. 
James A. O'Hara, 1865. 
John C. Bennett, i866-'68, '69-'7i. 

Lewis H. Redfield, i867-'69, '7i-'72, '73-75, '76-81, '82. 
Alonzo C. Yates, 1867-70. 
Samuel J. May, 1868. 
Ezra Iv. Walrath, i868-'7o, '7i-'74, '83-'84, '85-'88, '89- 

'90, '9i-'93- 
John M. Wieting, i868-'69, '7i-'72, '73-'75, '76-81, '82, 

'83-'85, '86-'88. 
John B. Burnet, 1869-70. 
Charles E. Fitch, 1869-70. 



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Elijah M. Ford, 1869-^71, '72-'74> '75-76, '77-'8i, '82-'84, 

'85-'88, '89-'9i. 
Stiles M. Rust, t869-'7i, '73-75- 
Calvin B. Gay, 1871, '72-'74. 
H. Wadsworth Clarke, i87i-'72, '73-75, '76-81, '82-'83, 

VS4-'86, '87-'89, '90-'92. 
Richard F. Stevens, i87i-'74, '75-76, '77-81, '9i-'93- 
Francis E. Carroll, 1872-74. 
William A. Sweet, i872-'74, '75-'8i> '82-'84, '85-'88, '89- 

'90, '91-93, '94-'96- 
Thomas G. Alvord, i875-'8i. 
Frank Hiscock, i875-'8i. 
Alexander von Landberg, 1875-81. 
Daniel P. Wood, i875-'8i. 

Elias W. Leavenworth, i876-'8i, '82-84, '85-'87. 
George Barnes, 1877-81. 

James L. Bagg, i877-'8i, '82-'83, '84-'86, '87-'89, '90-'92. 
Patrick H. Agan, i882-'84, '85-'88, '89-'90, '9i-'93- 
George J. Gardner, i882-'83, '84-'86, '87-'89, '90-'92, '93- 

'95- 
James Geddes, i882-'83, '84-'86, '87. 
J. Dean Hawley, 1882, '83-'85, '86-'88, '89-'9i, '92-'94, 

'95-97- 
Carroll E. Smith, i882-'83, '84-^86, '87-^89, '90-^92, '94-96- 

Horace K. White, 1882, '83-'85, \S6-'88, '89-'9i, '92-'94- 

John W. Yale, i882-'84, '85-'88, '89-'90, '9i-'93- 

Alexander H. Davis, 1886, '87-'89, '90-'92. 

William M. Beauchamp, i889-'9i, '92-94, '95-'97- 

Thomas Merriam, 1 889-' 90, '91-93. 

Theodore L. Poole, 1889, '90-'92, '94-96- 



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William H. Warner, 1889-91, '92-94. 
Mary E. Bagg. i893-'95. 
Virginia h. Jones, i893-''95. 
Frances W. Marlette, i893-'95. 
Mary E. Wieting, i893-'95. 
Dwight H. Bruce, 1894. 
Mary J. Jackson, i894-'96. 
Edward A. Powell, i894-'96. 
Louis Dow Scisco, i894-''96. 
Martha T. Held, i895-'97. 
Salem Hyde, i895-'97. 
Osgood V. Tracy, i895-'97. 



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As Adopted April 24, 1894, and subsequently amended. 



ARTICLE I. 

OF OFFICERS AND MANAGEMENT. 

Section i. The management of the affairs of the Asso- 
ciation shall be under the direction and control of a Board of 
Directors consisting of eighteen members who are to be 
elected as hereinafter provided. 

Section 2. The officers of the Association shall consist 
of a President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, a Record- 
ing Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary and a Treasurer, 
the official term of such officers to be one year, to be elected 
as hereinafter provided. 

ARTICLE II. 

OF ELECTIONS. 

Section i. At each annual meeting of the Association 
there shall be elected by ballot six Directors to hold office 
for three years or until their successors are elected. 

Section 2. The Directors shall, at their first meeting 
after the annual meeting of the Association, elect from their 
number officers for the ensuing year, at least five days notice 
of such meeting having been previously given in writing to 
each Director. 



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Section 3. Officers shall be elected by ballot and by a 
plurality of votes. 

Section 4. All members, except honorary members and 
those who are in arrears for dues, shall be entitled to vote for 
Directors. 

ARTICLE III. 

OF MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND BOARD OF 
DIRECTORS. 

Section i. The annual meeting of the Association shall 
be held on the second Friday in January at eight o'clock p. 
M. At this meeting twenty-five members shall constitute a 
quorum. 

Section 2. Regular meetings of the Association shall be 
held on the second Friday of each month except June, July, 
August and September. At these meetings fifteen members 
shall constitute a quorum. 

Section 3. At least three days' notice shall be given in 
the city papers of the time and place of annual and other 
meetings of the Association. 

Section 4. The Board of Directors shall meet on the 
Monday preceding the regular meetings of the Association, 
except when otherwise ordered by the Board. 

Section 5. A quorum of the Board shall consist of six 
members. 

Section 6. In the absence of a quorum at any meeting 
of the Association or Board of Directors no business except 
calling the roll and adjourning shall be transacted. 

ARTICLE IV. 

OF THE president. 
Section i. The President, or in his absence one of the 
Vice-Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the Associa- 



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tion and of the Board of Directors. The President and Vice- 
Presidents being absent a president pro tempore shall be 
chosen. 

Section 2. The presiding officer at all meetings of the 
Association or Board of Directors shall perform the dnties 
usually appertaining to the office of President, and shall give 
the casting vote in case of a tie. 

ARTICLE V. 

OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Recording Secre- 
tary to keep a record of the proceedings of the Association 
and of the Board of Directors, to give notice of all meetings 
and to call special meetings of the Association and of the 
Board on the request of the President or on the written re- 
quest of five Directors. 

Section 2. He shall keep in a book a roll of the mem- 
bers of the Association and shall have custody of the seal of 
the Association. 

ARTICLE VI. 

OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall have the custody of all 
letters and communications to the Association, shall read to 
the Association or the Board of Directors all communications 
received as such Secretary and, under the direction of the 
Association or the Board of Directors, shall prepare all com- 
munications in the name of the Association and shall keep 
true copies of the same. 

ARTICLE VII. 

OF THE LIBRARIAN. 

The Librarian appointed by the Board of Directors shall, 
under their direction, have the custodv of the librarv and 



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cabinet, including all the manuscripts, papers, documents, 
coins, maps and relics, and shall keep a record of all dona- 
tions and report the same to the Association. He shall make 
a proper catalogue of the books and other property of the 
Association in his care. 

ARTICIvE VIII. 

OF THE TREASURER. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to re- 
ceive and disburse all moneys of the Association, and to keep 
an account in a book to be provided for that purpose of all 
receipts and disbursements. 

Section 2. He shall pay out no moneys of the Associa- 
tion except in pursuance of resolutions of the Board of Direc- 
tors or of the Executive Committee and on the order of the 
President, and every resolution for the payment of money 
shall express on its face the object of the appropriation. 

Section 3. He shall prepare an annual report to be sub- 
mitted, at the annual meeting, to the Board of Directors with 
the vouchers of all payments. He shall also make a report 
of the financial condition of the Association at such times as 
required by resolution of the Board. 

Section 4. He shall give a bond satisfactory to the 
Board for the faithful discharge of his duties, and for a true 
account of all moneys which shall come into his hands as 
Treasurer, and for the payment of all balances to his suc- 
cessor. 

ARTICLE IX. 

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

Section i. The Board shall have power to fill, until the 
next annual meeting, from members of the Association, all 
vacancies occurring- in the Board or Standing Committees. 



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Section 2. The Board shall have power to drop from 
membership in the Board or in a Standing or other Com- 
mittee, any member who refuses or neglects to perform 
duties assigned to him, or who absents himself without ex- 
cuse from three consecutive meetings of the Board or of the 
Committee to which he has been appointed. 

ARTICLE X. 

OF MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. Any person, by a vote of the Board of Direc- 
tors, may become a member of the Association on signing 
the roll of members and paying the Treasurer, or a repre- 
sentative appointed by him, the annual dues for the current 
year. 

Section 2. Every member of the Association, except 
life members and honorary members, shall annually pay the 
Treasurer the sum of two dollars, and for neglect or failure 
to make such payment for one month after written notice 
from the Treasurer by order of the Board, shall forfeit his 
membership. 

ARTICLE XI. 

OF LIFE MEMBERSHIP. 
Section i. Any person, by a vote of the Board of Direc- 
tors, ma>' become a life member of the Association on paying 
the Treasurer the sum of ten dollars. 

Section 2. Life members shall be entitled to all the 
privileges of other members and shall be exempt from the 
payment of dues. 

ARTICLE XII. 

OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. The Board of Directors shall have power to 
elect any person an honorary member of the Association 



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who, in the opinion of the Board, may be entitled to such 
distinction. 

Section 2. Honorary members shall be entitled to all 
the privileges of other members except voting and holding 
office, and shall be exempt from the payment of dues. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Section i. The Executive Committee shall consist of 
the President, the Recording Secretary and three other mem- 
bers of the Board, to be appointed by the President with the 
approval of the Board of Directors. 

Section 2. The President, with the approval of the 
Board, shall also appoint the following Standing Committees, 
each of which shall consist of five members of whom one at 
least shall be a member of the Board of Directors : 

1. Lectures and Historical Meetings. 

2. Rooms and Fixtures. 

3. Donations, Curiosities and Relics. 

4. Finances and Auditing. 

5. Ways and Means. 

6. Arts and Sciences. 

7. Local History. 

8. Geology, Mineralogy and Botany. 

9. Membership. 

10. Printing. 

11. Exhibitions and Premiums. 

12. By-Laws and Rules. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

OF ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Section i. At all meetings of the Association or Board 
of Directors the presiding officer having taken the chair, the 



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roll having been called and a qnoruni being present, the 
order of bnsiness shall be as follows : 

1. Reading and approval of the minutes of the pre- 

ceding meeting. 

2. Reports of Standing Committees in their order. 

3. Reports of Select Committees. 

4. Reports of Officers. 

5. Election of Officers (at the annual meeting of the 

Association.) 

6. Proposals for Membership. 

7. Motions and Resolutions. 

8. Unfinished Business. 

9. Miscellaneous — Communications, reading of papers, 

discussions, etc. 

Section 2. This order of business may be suspended on 
the vote of a majority of the members present. 

ARTICLE XV. 

OF AMENDING THE BY-LAWS. 

These by-laws may be amended at any meeting of the As- 
sociation by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, a 
notice of the proposed amendment having been publicly 
given in writing at a meeting duly called at least one month 
previous to action thereon. 



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t^oll of W\emh&r< 



OF THE 



®nor\da^a j^isfofical eAssociafiGn. 



HONORARY Urc A\EA\BCRS. 



Rev Albert Cusick, 
Rev. James R. Day, 
Rev. John F. Mullany, 



Mr. Jaris Pierce, 

Rev. Leroy M. Vernon. 



EARLY urn ME/nBERS. 



Patrick H. Agan, 
Daniel T. Ames, 
Charles Andrews, 
James L. Bagg, 
Stanley Bagg, 
John M. Baker, 
Eben Beard, 
William M. Beau champ, 
Robert M. Beecher, 
Daniel Bookstaver, 
Miles W. Brand, 
Hamilton Burdick, 
Francis E. Carroll, 
Joseph M. Clarke, 
Charles W. Cornell, 
Alexander H. Davis, 
Edward S. Dawson, 
Ezra Downer, 
Joachim Elmendorf, 
D. Willard Fiske, 
George J. Gardner, 
William Gilbert, 
Daniel F. Gott, 
Nathan F. Graves, 



Andrew H. Green, 
Thomas D. Green, 
William T. Hamilton, 
J. Dean Hawley, 
Frank Hiscock, 
Samuel N. Holmes, 
Alfred A. Howlett, 
John C. Hunt, 
James A. Jaycox, 
Edward B. Judson. 
George N. Kennedy, 
William Kirkpatrick, 
Jonathan Kneeland, 
Spencer Marsh, 
John McCarthy, 
Robert McCarthy, 
Alfred Mercer, 
Philip P. Midler, 
James Noxon, 
George A. Ostrander, 
George H. Perior, 
Edwin R. Plumb, 
Theodore L. Poole, 
Julio H. Rae, 



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Lewis H. Reid, 
Henry Riegel, 
Daniel O. Salmon, 
Alonzo T. Smith, 
Carroll E. Smith, 
William H. H. Smith, 
Henry Stearns, 
Richard F. Stevens, 
John M. Strong. 
John E. Sweet, 
Wheaton B. Sweet, 
William A. Sweet, 



William W. Teall, 
George L. Thompson, 
Silas Titus, 
George Truesdell, 
John W. Truesdell, 
David B. Van Slyke, 
Mary M. Walrath, 
Luke Wells, 
Andrew D. White, 
Horace K. White, 
Harvey D. Williams, 
John W. Yale. 



LATER A\E/nBERSHIP. 



Elected in 1892. 



William E. Abbott, 
Mrs. Ann E. Agan,* 
Miss Annie H. Agan,* 
Mrs. Mary E. Bagg,* 
Mrs. Gertrude W. Belden, 
Mrs. Louise M. Benson, 
Mrs. Cornelia S. Bigelow, 
Dwight H. Bruce, 
Mrs. Emily N. Bruce, 
Mrs. Helen E. Clark, 
Miss Sophia A. Clark,* 
Herbert G. Coddington, 
Mrs. Florence M. Crouse, 
Henry D. Didama,* 
Mrs. S. Amelia Didania,* 
Mrs. Mary- K S. Eaton,* 
Miss Frances P. Gilford, 
Nelson Gilbert, 
Mrs. Julia N. Green, 
Johnson L. Hall, 
Miss Olivia B. Hall, 
Mrs. Fannie M. Hamilton, 
J. Lawrence Hamilton, 
Mrs. Clara B. Hamilton, 
Mrs. Martha T. Held, 



Mrs. Mary M. Hutchinson, 
Mrs Emma G. Jackson, 
Miss Mar3^ J. Jackson, 
Mrs. Eliza L. Jones, 
Richard W. Jones, 
Mrs. Sarah A. Jones, 
Lawrence T. Jones,* 
Miss Virginia L. Jones, 
Mrs. Helen M. Keene, 
Miss Eliza C. Lawrence, 
Mrs. Caroline A. Longstreet,* 
John Lyman,* 
Mrs. Viola C. Lyman,* 
Mrs. Frances W. Marlette, 
M.iss Helen S. INIeldram, 
Mrs. Ina Bagg Merrell, 
Ansel Judd Northrup, 
Mrs. Eliza F. Northrup, 
Edward A. Powell, 
Mrs. Frances G. Powell,* 
Mrs. Cordelia H. Ray nor, 
Mrs. M. Olivia Sage,* 
Louis D. Scisco, 
i\lrs. Charlotte B. Scott, 
Harvey P. Tolman,* 



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Mrs. Sarah h. Tolinan,* 
Osgood V. Tracy, 
Mrs. Ellen S. Tracy, 



Irving G Vann, 

Miss Minnie C. Voorhees, 

Mrs. Mary E. Wieting.* 



Elected in 1893. 



Mrs. Clarisse M. Barker, 
George M. Barnes, 
George K. Collins, 
William D. Dunning, 
Mrs. Louise L. Fitcli,* 
Daniel J. Francis, 
Forbes Heermans, 
Ernst Held, 
Ezekiel W. Mundy, 
Alva \V. Palmer, 
Mrs. Frances M. Palmer,* 



Stewart B. Palmer, 
Charles T. Redfield,* 
Mrs. Margaret T. Smith,* 
Mr§. Mary S. Soule, 
Gurney S. Strong, 
John Van Duyn,* 
Mrs. Florence D. Vann, 
Mrs. Gertrude H. Walpole, 
Mrs. Harriet A. Wilkie, 
Mrs Mary B. Woodworth, 



Elected in 1894. 



Mrs. Helen C. Abeel, 
Mrs. Frances E Alexander,* 
J. Milford Andrev^'s, 
Mrs. Emily A. Andrews, 
Miss Mary Andrus, 
Mrs. Mary G. Babcock, 
Nathaniel T. Bacon,* 
Mrs. Amelia B. Bagg, 
Charles G. Baldwin, 
Mrs. Caroline T. Baldwin, 
Charles B. Baldwin, 
Mrs. Kate P. Baldwin, 
Mrs. Sarah B. Ballard, 
Mrs. Mary C. Barker, 
Thurlow Weed Barnes, 
Samuel T. Betts,* 
Andrew B. Blodgett, 
Mrs. Frances E. Blodgett, 
Warren C. Brayton, 
Mrs. Harriet E. Brayton, 
Dewitt C. Brown, 
Mrs. Agnes M. Brown, 
Addison M. Burt,* 
Mrs. Rebecca J. Burt, 
Stephen Smith Burt, 



Mrs. Emma P. Butler,* 
Mrs. Mary Butler, 
Edwin F. Butterfield, 
Mrs. Mabel C. Button,* 
Daniel Candee, 
Webster R. Chamberlain, 
Mrs. Julia M. Chamberlain, 
Noadiah M. Childs, 
Charles P. Clark, 
Elizur Clark,* 
Mrs. Frances A. Cobb, 
William B. Cogswell, 
Mrs. Kate S. Collins, 
Mrs. M&ry H. Cowl, 
S. Boyce Crayton, 
Charles M. Crouse,* 
George N. Crouse, 
Mrs. Jessie S. Crouse, 
Mrs. Kate M. Cullen, 
Mrs. Jessie K. Curtis, 
Richard E. Day, 
Mrs. Frances N. Day, 
Mrs. Ada S. Denison, 
Mrs. Melissa M. Denison, 
Mrs. Eliza A. Dickinson, 



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Mrs. Sarah J. Dillaye, 
Miss J. Frances Driscoll, 
James W. Eager, 
Mrs. Ella H. Eager, 
Mrs. Stella K. Eddy,* 
Mrs. Mary W. Elliott, 
Alexander D. Ellis,* 
Mrs. Martha P. Ellis, 
Thomas Emory, 
Mrs. Percy M'C. Emory,* 
Alfred H. Fahnestock, 
Merritt B. Fairchild, 
Mrs. Jennie H. Fairchild, 
James C. Fargo,* 
Mrs. Ursula A. Fitch, 
Miss Elizabeth L,. Fitch,* 
Allen C. Fobes, 
Edward Foord, 
Mrs. Anna M. Foord, 
John R. French, 
Miss Jennette L. French, 
■ George G. Fryer, 
Mrs. Gertrude H. Gale, 
George W. Garrett,* 
Mrs. Mary R. Garrett,* 
Sidney B. Giflford,* 
Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich, 
Mrs. Sarah C. Gott, 
Miss :\Iarion Gott, 
Mrs. Charlotte E. Graves, 
George H. Greeley, 
Mrs. Mabel R. Greeley, 
Mrs. Jane Greeley, 
Andrew H. Green, Jr.,* 
John Green way, 
Mrs. Ella R. Greenway, 
Mrs Marie M. Haberle, 
Mrs. Charlotte B. Hahn, 
C Herbert Halcomb, 
Mrs. Annie T. Halcomb, 
Mrs. Sarah M. Hawley,* 
Miss Mary E. Hawley,* 
Mrs. Julia Hedge. 
John L. HefFron, 
Erastus F. Holden,* 



Mrs. Maria Holden,* 

Hendrick S. Holden, 

Willis A. Holden, 

Mrs. Idella L. Holden, 

Mrs. Eureka L. Hood, 

Mrs. Helen H. Hood, 

Elisha P. Howe, 

Miss Grace Howe, 

Frederick D. Huntington, 

Mrs. Hannah D. Huntington, 

Salem Hyde, 

Mrs. Anna C. Hyde, 

]\Irs. Ann Eliza Ives,* 

Edward Joy,* 

Mrs. Mary E. Joy,* 

Mrs. Sarah B. Judson,* 

Dennis B. Keeler, 

Miss Florence Keene, 

Mrs. Bettie R. Kennedy, 

Arthur B. Kinne, 

George R. Kinne, 

Mrs. Calista P. Kinne, 

Mrs. Lizzie C. Klock,* 

Martin A. Knapp,* 

Mrs. Helen M. Laflin, 

Frank Land, 

Thomas J. Leach, 

INIrs. Mary L. Leach, 

Mrs. Sarah A. Leach, 

Mrs. Mary T. Leavenworth, 

Charles Leonard, 

Frederick A. Lyman, 

Mrs. Jennie P. Lyman, 

Mrs. Louise V. L. Lynch, 

Mrs. Anna C. Maltbie,* 

Mrs. Olivia B. Mann,* 

Frank \V. Marlow, 

Mrs Laura B. Marlow, 

Grove L. Marsh, 

Mrs. Ella Z. McChesney, 

Mrs. Catherine C. McDowell,' 

Arthur V. Meeker, 

Mrs. Sarah L. Meldram, 

A. Cliflford Mercer,* 

G. Lewis ]Merrell, 



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Mrs. Mary A. Merrell, 

Mrs. Jennie M. Martens, 

Henry D'B. Mulford, 

Mrs. Julia H. Nichols, 

William Nottingham, 

Mrs. Eloise H. Nottingham, 

Mrs. Mary D. Noxon,* 

Amos Padgham, 

Miss Clara A. Padgham,* 

Albert C. Phillips, 

Theodore C. Pomeroy, 

Mrs. Carrie L. Poole,* 

Mrs. Ella L. Poor, 

Mrs. Hannah Post, 

Frederick M. Power, 

Mrs. Ella J. Preston, 

Mrs. Mary M. Rftynor, 

Edwin F. Rice, 

Mrs. Ellen A. Rice. 

Mrs. Eveline A. Richardson,* 

Michael Ryan, 

Mrs. Laura Ryan, 

Adi'ian A. Schenck, 

Mrs. Harriet R. Schenck, 

Philip F. Schneider, 

Mrs. Deborah W. Sedgwick, 

Justin Seubert, 

Mrs. Antoinette W. Sherman, 

John T. Skinner, 

Alfred E. Sloan, 

P. Elmendorf Sloan,* 

J. Jermain Slocum,* 

A. Morris Smart, 

Mrs. Annie A. Smart,* 

Edward Smith, 

Miss Florence A. Smith, 

Mrs. Harriet E. Smith, 

William Brown Smith, 

Silas F. Smith, 



Mrs. Charlotte A. Smith, 
Stanley G. Smith, 
Charles W. Snow, 
George B. Spalding, 
Stephen Stedman, 
Frank H Stephenson, 
M.irtin Still, 
Mrs. Minerva C. Still, 
Mrs. Zilla T Stone, 
Mrs. Marie H. vSweet,* 
Miss Laura W. Taylor, 
Mrs. vSarah M. Teall, 
Miss Ellen Tefft, 
Paul F. Thouret, 
William G. Tracy, 
Mrs. Lucy J. Truesdell, 
Mrs. H. Maria Vedder, 
William Velasko, 
Alexander von Landberg, 
Mrs. Harriet Waggoner, 
Walter S. Wales, 
Mrs. Ella W. Wales, 
Edwin R. Wallace, 
Mrs. Fannie F. Wallace, 
Tom Ward, 
Mrs. Kate Ward, 
Gerrit S. Wheaton, 
Howard G. White, 
Nathaniel M. \Vhite, 
Mrs. Mary M. White, 
William K. Wickes, 
Alfred Wilkinson, 
John D. Wilson, 
Newell B. Woodwortli, 
Edward C. Wright, 
Truman K. Wright, 
Edward J. Wj-nkoop, 
Jonathan G. Wynkoop. 



Elected in 1895. 



Cxraham K. Betts, 
Mrs. Jean E. Bookstaver, 
Mrs. Annette S. Cook, 
Seely C. Hayden, 
Mrs. Anna J. Hayden, 
George K. Knapp, 
Avery R. Palmer, 



Miss Hattie E. Poole,* 
Mrs. Fannie W. Redfield, 
Miss Maud Schermerhorn, 
Aver}' P. Shue, 
Richard R. Slocum, 
Edwin C. Tallcott. 



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